early this friday morning i showed up at the yu center in southeast portland ready to get to work on an all-day nike shoot. it was cold and rainy so i stayed in my fogged-up subaru and waited for the crew to show up and unlock the building. i thumbed through the call sheet...art director, makeup and hair, photography assistant, craft services, models, stylist, producer, photographer, and photographer's mom...oh how cute! i thought, she's just like me and loves her mom so she brought her!
...wrong-o jacquelien!
once inside the freezing cold, static, abandoned-looking ballroom, i got to chatting with the mother of the photographer while we drank coffee, ate breakfast burritos, and waited for h. & m.u. to set up. i told ann's mom how awesome it is that she and her daughter travel together. "well, i have to because she's only 16." what what what! that is not what i was expecting to hear. ever! granted, ann he does look young, but i had just assumed she was around my age. ha!
ann he is an-up-and-coming fashion photographer whom nike flew in from dallas, tx. i quickly learned she is getting international attention for her work and picked up a camera for the first time only two years ago. it was at this point i really started to question my life and all the things i thought i knew about the world around me. how could this high school sophomore be a professional photographer for one of the most prominent companies in the world? where did i go wrong? why am i TEN years older than this girl and basically a total loser while she's getting published in fashion magazines? (this is what i was thinking. of course i realize she is a prodigy and highly extraordinary!)
nike sought to work with ann because of her artistic eye and unique way of setting up photographs. she is shy, mild-mannered and soft-spoken, yet she is mature for her age--more than any other 16-year-old i've been around--and she knows what pictures she wants and how to get them. she is a slight little person, but she wields an enormous camera and a fistful of talent.
look for ann he's work in the near future. the very near. she is a photographic genius and a delight to be around. her art will get her through the door. her young age will wow those around her. but her sweet-as-sugar personality will win favor with everyone she works with. lucky me for having had the privilege to not only meet her, but to spend the day with her and witness the way she forms photographs. http://annhe.4ormat.com/ enjoi~!
life is FULL of surprises!
love your blog. and i love ann he's photos.
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